I think this is too reactionary...but only if they plan to strictly enforce the law against distributing them.
Think about it. If it's illegal to distribute virii, then it'll be much more difficult for anti-virus software producers to get copies of the virus in order to write an antidote.
Sometimes the stock market is hilarious. I mean...here you have a company that practically screams "WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE AT A LOSS FOR A WHILE"...and still...their earnings report comes out, announces a loss, and their stock price slips (not much...but it's slipped today).
I disagree. I don't think that the people actually doing the coding are rallying against anything (including Microsoft).
Most of us code because a tool we need doesn't exist, or isn't good enough. A breakup of Microsoft doesn't change this at all.
If anything, it might galvanize the open source community.... all of a sudden the spotlight would be equally distributed, less FUD from Microsoft, and less time spent deflecting stupid questions like "but who can we sue when something doesn't work?"
Good that Corel is at least trying to fix this. That's the biggest thing in my mind. We have to allow big companies trying to embrace Linux to make mistakes....we just also have to call them on their mistakes and help them right their wrongs.
I would guess that having a Risk Mitigation company at the helm (or at least providing hosting) would make Packet Storm much less likely to be shut down.
Question: How much control will Ken WIlliams maintain? Will this still be his site? I know that the last time we talked about it they talked about running it the same way as before "but with a staff". But my questio is, will Ken WIlliams choose this staff? be on the staff? etc....
He's not entirely wrong. Linux isn't always the best task for the job.
It's just that, his tone angers me. He takes the approach that Linux is A Bad Thing because it has weaknesses. That's absurd. Everything has weaknesses. Linux just overcomes its weaknesses quickly and efficiently.
There's no need for taking an inflamatory tone when stating facts....he could have written the same article, state some of the same facts, and said merely "due to these shortcomings, there are times when Linux isn't the best solution." If he'd done that, I wouldn't be so angry.
....of cousre most of his articles have read like this one. Too bad.
I would share your views if I didn't have a modem at home (portals take longer to download), a slow computer (portals with 20049 tables of HTML take too long to render) and a dislike for busy pages that try to cram too much information into one site.
My basic view is: There is a place for portal pages. There is a place for search engines. There is a place for search-engine links on portal pages. but they don't have to be the same thing. I personally dont' WANT to look at a portal page. I like having the option of just using the search engine. AltaVista's trend toward portal-hood distressed me greatly when it happened. Oh well.
I'm going to have to agree with the author of the article. I am very wary of Sun's motivations. Killing Wabi for Linux was perhaps the first indication that they don't want to further Linux for Linux' sake....just to help their own position. What will they do when Microsoft is gone, and it's a Sun vs. Linux world???
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It may be expensive....but it has one thing going for it: Those movies of this guy getting attacked, beaten, run over, mauled, and living to tell about it are easily the funniest movies I've EVER seen.:)
...and it hasn't turned into a Portal Page. THis is great! If they ever add "Get your own email/homepage @google.com" I'm not going to use them anymore though:)
Question: How do they plan to make money off this site? It is venture-capital funded right?
This seems like a good thing. But it's interesting to me that it's viewed as different than patenting the genes of other organisms. I mean come on, we're not THAT different....so either you should be able to patent genes in general, or you shouldn't. In my opinion, that is where the debate should be centered.
...but alas....we're so sure of our own superiority, that we'd never look at it that way.
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actually "world domination" is the professed goal of Linus....so it appears in many many Linux press releases, speeches, etc.
What I don't get is this: Ok....so over empty I2, you can send HDTV. What happens when there are 5,000 people requesting the same program? I'm forseeing major bandwidth over load....same as you have now with Real Audio and the dreaded Microsoft Steaming Media.
Will they be able to handle the demand? That will be the true question.
Last time I was at Costco, they were selling Mandrake Linux and Caldera Linux only. Needless to say, this surprised the crap out of me. I had expected to see Red Hat there.
Either way, does anyone have data as to which of the major store-chains you can buy which distros at?
This would be good information to have online somewhere for potential buyers (at least those buyers who research their distros before buying one).
I was dissapointed, though, that the article missed any mention of just how far away this new planet is, and perhaps how far it would take to reach it using conventional space travel. Or better still, how likely it is to be Earth-like in ways that might make it colonisable if we were ever able to reach it...
1. How far away - you're right they should have mentioned this 2. How far [long?] it would take to reach it - you can do the math yourself....very very long time seeing as the nearest star is 3.4 light years away and we're travelling at a tiny fraction of the speed of light 3. How likely it would be Earth-like - give me a break...they can barele tell the planet is even there. They'd need to know chemical make up to tell that.
This would be a huge dissapointment!...but if you think about some of it, it does make good sense. I'm only an amateur astronomer/physicist (if you can even call me that) and I've always wondered how the rocky planets came together.
This (and other X drivers) is a great example of why Linux needs both commercial companies (SuSE, RedHat...maybe Caldera) and altruistic folks.
There have been several X drivers in the past few years that we would have never gotten (or at least had to wait a long time for) if it weren't for the money-makers.
That said, it's nice to see SuSE continue to release their stuff back to the community. They should be applauded for their efforts.
On a more serious note... Does the estate of Jim Henson control when/where his characters are used to further political agendas? This seems like the sort of thing he'd have been very much against.
This might be the boost that Sega needs. I can't help but think that Dreamcast will succeed, but if Playstation had come out right away, I think you would have seen more people go for that.
Just remember...Sony is to Sega what Microsoft is to RedHat as far as marketing dollars and muscle. It's hard to mess with giants....especiailly Sony whose products are actually GOOD.:)
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Think about it. If it's illegal to distribute virii, then it'll be much more difficult for anti-virus software producers to get copies of the virus in order to write an antidote.
Sheesh. Where's rabbins when you need?
Most of us code because a tool we need doesn't exist, or isn't good enough. A breakup of Microsoft doesn't change this at all.
If anything, it might galvanize the open source community .... all of a sudden the spotlight would be equally distributed, less FUD from Microsoft, and less time spent deflecting stupid questions like "but who can we sue when something doesn't work?"
Good that Corel is at least trying to fix this. That's the biggest thing in my mind. We have to allow big companies trying to embrace Linux to make mistakes....we just also have to call them on their mistakes and help them right their wrongs.
Question: How much control will Ken WIlliams maintain? Will this still be his site? I know that the last time we talked about it they talked about running it the same way as before "but with a staff". But my questio is, will Ken WIlliams choose this staff? be on the staff? etc....
It's just that, his tone angers me. He takes the approach that Linux is A Bad Thing because it has weaknesses. That's absurd. Everything has weaknesses. Linux just overcomes its weaknesses quickly and efficiently.
There's no need for taking an inflamatory tone when stating facts....he could have written the same article, state some of the same facts, and said merely "due to these shortcomings, there are times when Linux isn't the best solution." If he'd done that, I wouldn't be so angry.
My basic view is: There is a place for portal pages. There is a place for search engines. There is a place for search-engine links on portal pages. but they don't have to be the same thing. I personally dont' WANT to look at a portal page. I like having the option of just using the search engine. AltaVista's trend toward portal-hood distressed me greatly when it happened. Oh well.
I'm going to have to agree with the author of the article. I am very wary of Sun's motivations. Killing Wabi for Linux was perhaps the first indication that they don't want to further Linux for Linux' sake....just to help their own position. What will they do when Microsoft is gone, and it's a Sun vs. Linux world???
It may be expensive....but it has one thing going for it: Those movies of this guy getting attacked, beaten, run over, mauled, and living to tell about it are easily the funniest movies I've EVER seen. :)
Question: How do they plan to make money off this site? It is venture-capital funded right?
actually "world domination" is the professed goal of Linus....so it appears in many many Linux press releases, speeches, etc.
Will they be able to handle the demand? That will be the true question.
Either way, does anyone have data as to which of the major store-chains you can buy which distros at?
This would be good information to have online somewhere for potential buyers (at least those buyers who research their distros before buying one).
2. How far [long?] it would take to reach it - you can do the math yourself....very very long time seeing as the nearest star is 3.4 light years away and we're travelling at a tiny fraction of the speed of light 3. How likely it would be Earth-like - give me a break...they can barele tell the planet is even there. They'd need to know chemical make up to tell that.
This would be a huge dissapointment! ...but if you think about some of it, it does make good sense. I'm only an amateur astronomer/physicist (if you can even call me that) and I've always wondered how the rocky planets came together.
There have been several X drivers in the past few years that we would have never gotten (or at least had to wait a long time for) if it weren't for the money-makers.
That said, it's nice to see SuSE continue to release their stuff back to the community. They should be applauded for their efforts.
On a more serious note... Does the estate of Jim Henson control when/where his characters are used to further political agendas? This seems like the sort of thing he'd have been very much against.
So...let me get this straight. In order to explain a simple concept to PARENTS....they had to go and contract a children's puppet?!
Knuth refers to TeX as "open-system software". Is this a new term for Open Source? :)
I dig those nifty blue cases :)
That happened here too...of course it's raining really hard, and there's lots of thunder and lightning. :)
Just remember...Sony is to Sega what Microsoft is to RedHat as far as marketing dollars and muscle. It's hard to mess with giants....especiailly Sony whose products are actually GOOD. :)
This is a good thing right? Aren't all their servers Linux based? Too bad this wasn't mentioned in the article...